mod

noun

/mɒd/

/mɑːd/

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(informal, computing) a piece of equipment or a computer program that has been changed so that it works in a way that was not intended by the producer
- The mod in question allows players to zoom right in to the action.
a member of a group of young people, especially in the UK in the 1960s, who wore neat, fashionable clothes and rode motor scooters
CultureThe mods' rivals were the rockers. On several bank holidays in 1964 large groups of mods and rockers gathered in towns on the south coast of England and fought with each other.
compare rocker

Word OriginSense 1: abbreviation of modificationSense 2: abbreviation of modern or modernist (see modernism).

verb

/mɒd/

/mɑːd/

(informal, computing)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mod	/mɒd/ /mɑːd/
he / she / it mods	/mɒdz/ /mɑːdz/
past simple modded	/ˈmɒdɪd/ /ˈmɑːdɪd/
past participle modded	/ˈmɒdɪd/ /ˈmɑːdɪd/
-ing form modding	/ˈmɒdɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːdɪŋ/

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mod something to change a piece of equipment or a computer program so that it works in a way that was not intended by the producer
- a specially modded system
Word OriginSense 1: abbreviation of modificationSense 2: abbreviation of modern or modernist (see modernism).

MOD

abbreviation

/ˌem əʊ ˈdiː/

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Ministry of Defence
(the government department in the UK that is responsible for defence)
CultureIt was established in 1964, when the Admiralty, the War Office and the Air Ministry were joined together. It is in Whitehall and the title of its head is Secretary of State for Defence.

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